82_FR_50522 82 FR 50313 - Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations

82 FR 50313 - Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 209 (October 31, 2017)

Page Range50313-50315
FR Document2017-23433

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is amending the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations pursuant to a provision of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017. This provision requires the imposition of certain terrorism-related sanctions with respect to foreign persons that are officials, agents, or affiliates of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control

31 CFR Part 594


Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is amending the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations 
pursuant to a provision of the Countering America's Adversaries Through 
Sanctions Act of 2017. This provision requires the imposition of 
certain terrorism-related sanctions with respect to foreign persons 
that are officials, agents, or affiliates of Iran's Islamic 
Revolutionary Guard Corps.

DATES: Effective: October 31, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Department of the Treasury's 
Office of Foreign Assets Control: Assistant Director for Licensing, 
tel.: 202-622-2480, Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 
202-622-4855, Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, 
tel.: 202-622-2490; or the Department of the Treasury's Office of the 
Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets Control), Office of the General Counsel, 
tel.: 202-622-2410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available from OFAC's Web site (www.treasury.gov/ofac).

Background

    On June 6, 2003, OFAC issued the Global Terrorism Sanctions 
Regulations, 31 CFR part 594 (the ``Regulations'') (68 FR 34196, June 
6, 2003), to implement Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 (66 
FR 49079, September 25, 2001) (E.O. 13224). OFAC has amended the 
Regulations on several occasions. Today, OFAC is amending the 
Regulations pursuant to section 105 of the Countering America's 
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017, Public Law 115-44, Aug. 2, 
2017, 131 Stat. 886 (22 U.S.C. 9401 et seq.) (CAATSA).
    CAATSA. The President signed CAATSA into law on August 2, 2017. 
Section 105 of CAATSA requires the President to impose the sanctions 
applicable with respect to a foreign person pursuant to E.O. 13224 on 
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and foreign persons 
that are officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC. Such sanctions 
must be imposed beginning on the date that is 90 days after enactment 
of CAATSA, which is October 31, 2017. Section 111(b) of CAATSA provides 
that the President may exercise all authorities provided under sections 
203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out the purposes of CAATSA.
    Pursuant to Presidential Memorandum of October 11, 2017: Delegation 
of Certain Functions and Authorities under the Countering America's 
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017, the President delegated to 
the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury the functions 
and authorities vested in the President by section 105(b) of CAATSA

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to be exercised in consultation with each other and commensurate with 
their respective areas of responsibility set forth in previous 
Presidential actions under the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), including E.O. 13224, and the functions 
and authorities set forth in section 111(b) of CAATSA to be exercised 
commensurate with their respective areas of responsibility set forth in 
the delegation memorandum.
    Sanctions applicable with respect to a foreign person pursuant to 
E.O. 13224. E.O. 13224 blocks and prohibits all transactions in, with 
certain exceptions, all property and interests in property of foreign 
persons listed in the Annex to E.O. 13224 or persons designated 
pursuant to criteria set forth in that order by the Secretary of State 
or the Secretary of the Treasury. On October 13, 2017, OFAC designated 
the IRGC pursuant to E.O. 13224 and consistent with the CAATSA for its 
activities in support of the IRGC-Qods Force (82 FR 48591, October 18, 
2017), which was designated pursuant to E.O. 13224 on October 25, 2007 
(72 FR 65837, November 23, 2007).
    Regulatory action. OFAC is taking this regulatory action pursuant 
to section 105(b) of CAATSA to extend the sanctions applicable pursuant 
to E.O. 13224 to foreign persons that are officials, agents, or 
affiliates of the IRGC. Subpart B of the Regulations currently 
implements the prohibitions contained in E.O. 13224. See, e.g., 
Sec. Sec.  594.201 and 594.204. With this rule, OFAC is adding Sec.  
594.201(a)(5) to Subpart B of the Regulations to include the following 
as persons whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to the Regulations: Foreign persons that are identified on the 
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) 
maintained by OFAC as officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC.
    The names of persons whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to Sec.  594.201(a) are published in the Federal 
Register and incorporated into OFAC's SDN List with the identifier 
``[SDGT].'' Persons who have been identified by OFAC as officials, 
agents, or affiliates of the IRGC are identified by a special reference 
to the ``IRGC'' at the end of their entries on the SDN List, in 
addition to the reference to this part. For example, an affiliate of 
the IRGC whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 
to this part will have the program tags ``[SDGT][IRGC]'' at the end of 
its entry on the SDN List. In addition, OFAC is amending the delegation 
provision in Sec.  594.802.

Public Participation

    Because the Regulations involve a foreign affairs function, the 
provisions of Executive Order 12866 and the Administrative Procedure 
Act (5 U.S.C. 553) requiring notice of proposed rulemaking, opportunity 
for public participation, and delay in effective date, as well as the 
provisions of Executive Order 13771, are inapplicable. Because no 
notice of proposed rulemaking is required for this rule, the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612) does not apply.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    The collections of information related to the Regulations are 
contained in 31 CFR part 501 (the ``Reporting, Procedures and Penalties 
Regulations''). Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3507), those collections of information have been approved by 
the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1505-0164. An 
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of 
information displays a valid control number.

List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 594

    Administrative practice and procedure, Banks, Banking, Blocking of 
assets, Credit, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
Terrorism.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Department of the 
Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control amends part 31 CFR part 594 
to read as follows:

PART 594--GLOBAL TERRORISM SANCTIONS REGULATIONS

0
1. The authority citation for part 594 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority:  3 U.S.C. 301; 22 U.S.C. 287c; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 
U.S.C. 1601-1651, 1701-1706; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890 (28 
U.S.C. 2461 note); Pub. L. 110-96, 121 Stat. 1011; Pub. L. 115-44, 
131 Stat. 886 (22 U.S.C. 9401 et seq.), E.O. 13224, 66 FR 49079, 3 
CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 786; E.O. 13268, 67 FR 44751, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp., 
p. 240; E.O. 13284, 68 FR 4075, 3 CFR, 2003 Comp., p. 161; E.O. 
13372, 70 FR 8499, 3 CFR, 2006 Comp., p. 159.

Subpart B--Prohibitions

0
2. Remove the word ``or'' at the end of paragraph (a)(3); remove the 
period at the end of paragraph (a)(4)(ii) and add the text ``; or'' in 
its place; add new paragraph (a)(5); and revise Note 2 to paragraph (a) 
of Sec.  594.201 to read as follows:


Sec.  594.201  Prohibited transactions involving blocked property.

    (a) * * *
    (5) Foreign persons that are identified on the Specially Designated 
Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) maintained by the Office 
of Foreign Assets Control as officials, agents, or affiliates of Iran's 
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
* * * * *

    Note 2 to paragraph (a) of Sec.  594.201: The names of persons 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
Sec.  594.201(a) are published in the Federal Register and 
incorporated into the Office of Foreign Assets Control's SDN List 
with the identifier ``[SDGT].'' Persons who have been identified by 
the Office of Foreign Assets Control as officials, agents, or 
affiliates of the IRGC are identified by a special reference to the 
``IRGC'' at the end of their entries on the SDN List, in addition to 
the reference to this part. For example, an affiliate of the IRGC 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
this part will have the program tags ``[SDGT] [IRGC]'' at the end of 
its entry on the SDN List. The SDN List is accessible through the 
following page on the Office of Foreign Assets Control's Web site: 
http://www.treasury.gov/sdn. Additional information pertaining to 
the SDN List can be found in appendix A to this chapter. See Sec.  
594.412 concerning entities that may not be listed on the SDN List 
but whose property and interests in property are nevertheless 
blocked pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section.

* * * * *

Subpart H--Procedures

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3. Revise Sec.  594.802 to read as follows:


Sec.  594.802  Delegation by the Secretary of the Treasury.

    Any action that the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to take 
pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, and any 
further Executive orders relating to the national emergency declared 
therein, and any action that the Secretary of the Treasury is 
authorized to take pursuant to Presidential Memorandum of October 11, 
2017: Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities under the 
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 or any 
further Presidential action relating to Title I of the Countering 
America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (Pub. L. 115-44), 
may be taken by the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or 
by any other person to whom the Secretary of the Treasury has delegated 
authority so to act.


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    Dated: October 23, 2017.
John E. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: October 24, 2017.
Sigal P. Mandelker,
Under Secretary, Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, 
Department of the Treasury.
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                                             have evaluated this rule under the                      too long, the sections where you think                respect to foreign persons that are
                                             Department’s consultation policy and                    lists or tables would be useful, etc.                 officials, agents, or affiliates of Iran’s
                                             have identified substantial direct effects                                                                    Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
                                                                                                     M. E.O. 13771: Reducing Regulation and
                                             on federally recognized Indian Tribes                                                                         DATES: Effective: October 31, 2017.
                                                                                                     Controlling Regulatory Costs
                                             that will result from this rule. This rule                                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
                                             will relieve a regulatory burden from                     This rule is not an E.O. 13771
                                                                                                                                                           Department of the Treasury’s Office of
                                             Tribes and allow time for consultation                  regulatory action because this rule is not
                                                                                                                                                           Foreign Assets Control: Assistant
                                             on an appropriate replacement or                        significant under E.O. 12866.
                                                                                                                                                           Director for Licensing, tel.: 202–622–
                                             deletion of regulatory requirements.                    List of Subjects in 25 CFR Part 170                   2480, Assistant Director for Regulatory
                                             I. Paperwork Reduction Act                                Highways and roads, Indians—lands.                  Affairs, tel.: 202–622–4855, Assistant
                                                                                                                                                           Director for Sanctions Compliance &
                                               This rule contains information                          For the reasons stated in the                       Evaluation, tel.: 202–622–2490; or the
                                             collection requirements, and the Office                 preamble, the Department of the                       Department of the Treasury’s Office of
                                             of Management and Budget (OMB) has                      Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,                   the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets
                                             approved the information collections                    amends part 170 in Title 25 of the Code               Control), Office of the General Counsel,
                                             under the Paperwork Reduction Act                       of Federal Regulations as follows:                    tel.: 202–622–2410.
                                             (PRA) under OMB Control Number
                                                                                                     PART 170—TRIBAL TRANSPORATION                         SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                             1076–0161, which expires December 31,
                                             2019. Please note that an agency may                    PROGRAM                                               Electronic Availability
                                             not sponsor or request, and an                                                                                  This document and additional
                                                                                                     ■ 1. The authority citation for part 170
                                             individual need not respond to, a                                                                             information concerning OFAC are
                                                                                                     continues to read as follows:
                                             collection of information unless it                                                                           available from OFAC’s Web site
                                             displays a valid OMB Control Number.                       Authority: Pub. L. 112–141, Pub. L. 114–
                                                                                                     94; 5 U.S.C. 2; 23 U.S.C. 201, 202; 25 U.S.C.         (www.treasury.gov/ofac).
                                             J. National Environmental Policy Act                    2, 9.                                                 Background
                                                This rulemaking does not constitute a                ■ 2. In § 170.443, revise paragraph (b) to
                                                                                                                                                              On June 6, 2003, OFAC issued the
                                             major Federal action significantly                      read as follows:
                                                                                                                                                           Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations,
                                             affecting the quality of the human                      § 170.443 What is required to successfully            31 CFR part 594 (the ‘‘Regulations’’) (68
                                             environment because it is of an                         include a proposed transportation facility in         FR 34196, June 6, 2003), to implement
                                             administrative, technical, and                          the NTTFI?                                            Executive Order 13224 of September 23,
                                             procedural nature. It is therefore subject              *     *     *     *    *                              2001 (66 FR 49079, September 25, 2001)
                                             to categorical exclusion, see 43 CFR                      (b) For those proposed roads that                   (E.O. 13224). OFAC has amended the
                                             46.210(i), and no extraordinary                         currently exist in the NTTFI, the                     Regulations on several occasions.
                                             circumstances exist, see 43 CFR 46.215.                 requirements identified above as                      Today, OFAC is amending the
                                             K. Effects on the Energy Supply (E.O.                   paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(8) of this              Regulations pursuant to section 105 of
                                             13211)                                                  section, must be completed and                        the Countering America’s Adversaries
                                                                                                     submitted for approval to BIA and                     Through Sanctions Act of 2017, Public
                                               This rulemaking is not a significant                                                                        Law 115–44, Aug. 2, 2017, 131 Stat. 886
                                                                                                     FHWA by November 7, 2019, in order
                                             energy action under the definition in                                                                         (22 U.S.C. 9401 et seq.) (CAATSA).
                                                                                                     to remain on the inventory.
                                             E.O. 13211. A Statement of Energy                                                                                CAATSA. The President signed
                                             Effects is not required.                                  Dated: October 6, 2017.
                                                                                                                                                           CAATSA into law on August 2, 2017.
                                                                                                     John Tahsuda,
                                             L. Clarity of This Regulation                                                                                 Section 105 of CAATSA requires the
                                                                                                     Acting Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.            President to impose the sanctions
                                                We are required by Executive Orders                  [FR Doc. 2017–23663 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am]          applicable with respect to a foreign
                                             12866 (section 1(b)(12)), and 12988                     BILLING CODE 4337–15–P                                person pursuant to E.O. 13224 on Iran’s
                                             (section 3(b)(1)(B)), and 13563 (section                                                                      Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
                                             1(a)), and by the Presidential                                                                                (IRGC) and foreign persons that are
                                             Memorandum of June 1, 1998, to write                    DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY                            officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC.
                                             all rules in plain language. This means                                                                       Such sanctions must be imposed
                                             that each rule we publish must:                         Office of Foreign Assets Control                      beginning on the date that is 90 days
                                                (a) Be logically organized;                                                                                after enactment of CAATSA, which is
                                                (b) Use the active voice to address                  31 CFR Part 594                                       October 31, 2017. Section 111(b) of
                                             readers directly;                                                                                             CAATSA provides that the President
                                                (c) Use common, everyday words and                   Global Terrorism Sanctions
                                                                                                                                                           may exercise all authorities provided
                                             clear language rather than jargon;                      Regulations
                                                                                                                                                           under sections 203 and 205 of the
                                                (d) Be divided into short sections and               AGENCY:  Office of Foreign Assets                     International Emergency Economic
                                             sentences; and                                          Control, Treasury.                                    Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704)
                                                (e) Use lists and tables wherever                    ACTION: Final rule.                                   to carry out the purposes of CAATSA.
                                             possible.                                                                                                        Pursuant to Presidential
                                                If you feel that we have not met these               SUMMARY:   The Department of the                      Memorandum of October 11, 2017:
                                             requirements, send us comments by one                   Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets                   Delegation of Certain Functions and
                                             of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES                                                                        Authorities under the Countering
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                                                                                                     Control (OFAC) is amending the Global
                                             section. To better help us revise the                   Terrorism Sanctions Regulations                       America’s Adversaries Through
                                             rule, your comments should be as                        pursuant to a provision of the                        Sanctions Act of 2017, the President
                                             specific as possible. For example, you                  Countering America’s Adversaries                      delegated to the Secretary of State and
                                             should tell us the numbers of the                       Through Sanctions Act of 2017. This                   the Secretary of the Treasury the
                                             sections or paragraphs that you find                    provision requires the imposition of                  functions and authorities vested in the
                                             unclear, which sections or sentences are                certain terrorism-related sanctions with              President by section 105(b) of CAATSA


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                                             to be exercised in consultation with                    Public Participation                                  § 594.201 Prohibited transactions
                                             each other and commensurate with their                                                                        involving blocked property.
                                             respective areas of responsibility set                    Because the Regulations involve a
                                                                                                     foreign affairs function, the provisions                 (a) * * *
                                             forth in previous Presidential actions
                                             under the International Emergency                       of Executive Order 12866 and the                         (5) Foreign persons that are identified
                                             Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et                  Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.                on the Specially Designated Nationals
                                             seq.), including E.O. 13224, and the                    553) requiring notice of proposed                     and Blocked Persons List (SDN List)
                                             functions and authorities set forth in                  rulemaking, opportunity for public                    maintained by the Office of Foreign
                                             section 111(b) of CAATSA to be                          participation, and delay in effective                 Assets Control as officials, agents, or
                                             exercised commensurate with their                       date, as well as the provisions of                    affiliates of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary
                                             respective areas of responsibility set                  Executive Order 13771, are                            Guard Corps (IRGC).
                                             forth in the delegation memorandum.                     inapplicable. Because no notice of                    *      *     *     *     *
                                                                                                     proposed rulemaking is required for this
                                                Sanctions applicable with respect to a                                                                        Note 2 to paragraph (a) of § 594.201: The
                                                                                                     rule, the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
                                             foreign person pursuant to E.O. 13224.                                                                        names of persons whose property and
                                                                                                     U.S.C. 601–612) does not apply.
                                             E.O. 13224 blocks and prohibits all                                                                           interests in property are blocked pursuant to
                                             transactions in, with certain exceptions,               Paperwork Reduction Act                               § 594.201(a) are published in the Federal
                                             all property and interests in property of                                                                     Register and incorporated into the Office of
                                             foreign persons listed in the Annex to                    The collections of information related              Foreign Assets Control’s SDN List with the
                                             E.O. 13224 or persons designated                        to the Regulations are contained in 31                identifier ‘‘[SDGT].’’ Persons who have been
                                             pursuant to criteria set forth in that                  CFR part 501 (the ‘‘Reporting,                        identified by the Office of Foreign Assets
                                             order by the Secretary of State or the                  Procedures and Penalties Regulations’’).              Control as officials, agents, or affiliates of the
                                             Secretary of the Treasury. On October                   Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction                   IRGC are identified by a special reference to
                                             13, 2017, OFAC designated the IRGC                      Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), those                   the ‘‘IRGC’’ at the end of their entries on the
                                             pursuant to E.O. 13224 and consistent                   collections of information have been                  SDN List, in addition to the reference to this
                                             with the CAATSA for its activities in                   approved by the Office of Management                  part. For example, an affiliate of the IRGC
                                             support of the IRGC-Qods Force (82 FR                   and Budget under control number 1505–                 whose property and interests in property are
                                             48591, October 18, 2017), which was                     0164. An agency may not conduct or                    blocked pursuant to this part will have the
                                             designated pursuant to E.O. 13224 on                    sponsor, and a person is not required to              program tags ‘‘[SDGT] [IRGC]’’ at the end of
                                             October 25, 2007 (72 FR 65837,                          respond to, a collection of information               its entry on the SDN List. The SDN List is
                                             November 23, 2007).                                     unless the collection of information                  accessible through the following page on the
                                                Regulatory action. OFAC is taking this               displays a valid control number.                      Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Web site:
                                                                                                                                                           http://www.treasury.gov/sdn. Additional
                                             regulatory action pursuant to section                   List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 594                   information pertaining to the SDN List can be
                                             105(b) of CAATSA to extend the
                                                                                                       Administrative practice and                         found in appendix A to this chapter. See
                                             sanctions applicable pursuant to E.O.
                                                                                                     procedure, Banks, Banking, Blocking of                § 594.412 concerning entities that may not be
                                             13224 to foreign persons that are                                                                             listed on the SDN List but whose property
                                             officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC.           assets, Credit, Penalties, Reporting and
                                                                                                     recordkeeping requirements, Terrorism.                and interests in property are nevertheless
                                             Subpart B of the Regulations currently                                                                        blocked pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
                                             implements the prohibitions contained                     For the reasons set forth in the                    section.
                                             in E.O. 13224. See, e.g., §§ 594.201 and                preamble, the Department of the
                                             594.204. With this rule, OFAC is adding                 Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets                   *        *   *      *      *
                                             § 594.201(a)(5) to Subpart B of the                     Control amends part 31 CFR part 594 to
                                             Regulations to include the following as                 read as follows:                                      Subpart H—Procedures
                                             persons whose property and interests in
                                             property are blocked pursuant to the                    PART 594—GLOBAL TERRORISM                             ■   3. Revise § 594.802 to read as follows:
                                             Regulations: Foreign persons that are                   SANCTIONS REGULATIONS
                                             identified on the Specially Designated                                                                        § 594.802 Delegation by the Secretary of
                                                                                                                                                           the Treasury.
                                             Nationals and Blocked Persons List                      ■  1. The authority citation for part 594
                                             (SDN List) maintained by OFAC as                        is revised to read as follows:                           Any action that the Secretary of the
                                             officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC.             Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301; 22 U.S.C. 287c;            Treasury is authorized to take pursuant
                                                The names of persons whose property                  31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601–1651, 1701–          to Executive Order 13224 of September
                                             and interests in property are blocked                   1706; Pub. L. 101–410, 104 Stat. 890 (28              23, 2001, and any further Executive
                                             pursuant to § 594.201(a) are published                  U.S.C. 2461 note); Pub. L. 110–96, 121 Stat.          orders relating to the national
                                             in the Federal Register and                             1011; Pub. L. 115–44, 131 Stat. 886 (22 U.S.C.        emergency declared therein, and any
                                             incorporated into OFAC’s SDN List with                  9401 et seq.), E.O. 13224, 66 FR 49079, 3             action that the Secretary of the Treasury
                                                                                                     CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 786; E.O. 13268, 67 FR
                                             the identifier ‘‘[SDGT].’’ Persons who                                                                        is authorized to take pursuant to
                                                                                                     44751, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp., p. 240; E.O.
                                             have been identified by OFAC as                         13284, 68 FR 4075, 3 CFR, 2003 Comp., p.              Presidential Memorandum of October
                                             officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC            161; E.O. 13372, 70 FR 8499, 3 CFR, 2006              11, 2017: Delegation of Certain
                                             are identified by a special reference to                Comp., p. 159.                                        Functions and Authorities under the
                                             the ‘‘IRGC’’ at the end of their entries on                                                                   Countering America’s Adversaries
                                             the SDN List, in addition to the                        Subpart B—Prohibitions                                Through Sanctions Act of 2017 or any
                                             reference to this part. For example, an                                                                       further Presidential action relating to
                                             affiliate of the IRGC whose property and                                                                      Title I of the Countering America’s
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                                                                                                     ■ 2. Remove the word ‘‘or’’ at the end
                                             interests in property are blocked                       of paragraph (a)(3); remove the period at             Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of
                                             pursuant to this part will have the                     the end of paragraph (a)(4)(ii) and add               2017 (Pub. L. 115–44), may be taken by
                                             program tags ‘‘[SDGT][IRGC]’’ at the end                the text ‘‘; or’’ in its place; add new               the Director of the Office of Foreign
                                             of its entry on the SDN List. In addition,              paragraph (a)(5); and revise Note 2 to                Assets Control or by any other person to
                                             OFAC is amending the delegation                         paragraph (a) of § 594.201 to read as                 whom the Secretary of the Treasury has
                                             provision in § 594.802.                                 follows:                                              delegated authority so to act.


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                                             BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P
                                                                                                     at anytime. The bridge will be able to                Management, Coast Guard; telephone
                                                                                                     open for emergencies and there is no                  912–652–4353, extension 233, or email
                                                                                                     immediate alternate route for vessels to              Adam.C.White@uscg.mil.
                                             DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND                                  pass. The Coast Guard will also inform
                                             SECURITY                                                the users of the waterway through our                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                     Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners               I. Table of Abbreviations
                                             Coast Guard                                             of the change in operating schedule for
                                                                                                     the bridge so that vessel operators can               CFR Code of Federal Regulations
                                             33 CFR Part 117                                                                                               DHS Department of Homeland Security
                                                                                                     arrange their transits to minimize any                FR Federal Register
                                             [Docket No. USCG–2017–1012]                             impact caused by the temporary                        NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking
                                                                                                     deviation.                                            § Section
                                             Drawbridge Operation Regulation;                           In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e),               U.S.C. United States Code
                                             China Basin, San Francisco, CA                          the drawbridge must return to its regular
                                                                                                     operating schedule immediately at the                 II. Background Information and
                                             AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.                               end of the effective period of this                   Regulatory History
                                             ACTION: Notice of deviation from                        temporary deviation. This deviation                      The Coast Guard is issuing this
                                             drawbridge regulation.                                  from the operating regulations is                     temporary rule without prior notice and
                                                                                                     authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.                       opportunity to comment pursuant to
                                             SUMMARY:   The Coast Guard has issued a
                                             temporary deviation from the operating                    Dated: October 25, 2017.                            authority under section 4(a) of the
                                             schedule that governs the 3rd Street                    Carl T. Hausner,                                      Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5
                                             Drawbridge across China Basin, mile 0.0                 District Bridge Chief, Eleventh Coast Guard           U.S.C. 553(b)). This provision
                                             at San Francisco, CA. The deviation is                  District.                                             authorizes an agency to issue a rule
                                             necessary to allow participants to cross                [FR Doc. 2017–23608 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am]          without prior notice and opportunity to
                                             the bridge during the Leukemia                          BILLING CODE 9110–04–P
                                                                                                                                                           comment when the agency for good
                                             Lymphoma Society Light the Night                                                                              cause finds that those procedures are
                                             Walk. This deviation allows the bridge                                                                        ‘‘impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary
                                             to remain in the closed-to-navigation                   DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND                                to the public interest.’’ Under 5 U.S.C.
                                             position during the deviation period.                   SECURITY                                              553(b)(B), the Coast Guard finds that
                                                                                                                                                           good cause exists for not publishing a
                                             DATES: This deviation is effective from
                                                                                                     Coast Guard                                           notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
                                             6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on November 16, 2017.
                                                                                                                                                           with respect to this rule because doing
                                             ADDRESSES: The docket for this                          33 CFR Part 165                                       so would be impracticable and contrary
                                             deviation, USCG–2017–1012, is                                                                                 to the public interest. Immediate action
                                             available at http://www.regulations.gov.                [Docket Number USCG–2017–0973]
                                                                                                                                                           is needed to respond to the potential
                                             Type the docket number in the                           RIN 1625–AA00                                         safety hazards associated with a boat
                                             ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click ‘‘SEARCH.’’                                                                          parade. The Coast Guard received
                                             Click on Open Docket Folder on the line                 Safety Zone, Savannah River,                          information on October 5, 2017
                                             associated with this deviation.                         Savannah, GA                                          regarding the operations beginning on
                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If                     AGENCY:    Coast Guard, DHS.                          November 25, 2017. The operation
                                             you have questions on this temporary                    ACTION:   Temporary final rule.                       would begin before the rulemaking
                                             deviation, call or email Carl T. Hausner,                                                                     process would be completed. Because of
                                             Chief, Bridge Section, Eleventh Coast                   SUMMARY:   The Coast Guard is                         the dangers posed by the parade, the
                                             Guard District; telephone 510–437–                      establishing a temporary safety zone for              safety zone is necessary to provide for
                                             3516; email Carl.T.Hausner@uscg.mil.                    navigable waters on the Savannah River                the safety of persons, vessels, and the
                                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The City                     in Savannah, GA from statute mile 13 to               marine environment in the event area.
                                             of San Francisco has requested a                        statute mile 15. The safety zone is                   Therefore, it is impracticable and
                                             temporary change to the operation of the                needed to protect personnel, vessels,                 contrary to the public interest to delay
                                             3rd Street Drawbridge over China Basin,                 and the marine environment from                       promulgating this rule, as it is necessary
                                             mile 0.0, at San Francisco, CA. The                     potential hazards created by a boat                   to protect the safety of waterway users.
                                             drawbridge navigation span provides a                   parade. Entry of vessels or persons into                 Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast
                                             vertical clearance of 3 feet above Mean                 this zone is prohibited unless                        Guard finds that good cause exists for
                                             High Water in the closed-to-navigation                  specifically authorized by the Captain of             making this rule effective less than 30
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                                             position. The draw opens on signal if at                the Port (COTP) Savannah or a                         days after publication in the Federal
                                             least one hour notice is given, as                      designated representative.                            Register. Delaying the effective date of
                                             required by 33 CFR 117.149. Navigation                  DATES: This rule is effective from 4 p.m.             this rule would be impracticable
                                             on the waterway is recreational.                        to 11 p.m. on November 25, 2017.                      because immediate action is needed to
                                                The drawspan will be secured in the                  ADDRESSES: To view documents                          respond to the potential safety hazards
                                             closed-to-navigation position from 6                    mentioned in this preamble as being                   associated with the boat parade.


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Document Created: 2018-10-25 10:18:00
Document Modified: 2018-10-25 10:18:00
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionRules and Regulations
ActionFinal rule.
DatesEffective: October 31, 2017.
ContactThe Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control: Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480, Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855, Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490; or the Department of the Treasury's Office of the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets Control), Office of the General Counsel, tel.: 202-622-2410.
FR Citation82 FR 50313 
CFR AssociatedAdministrative Practice and Procedure; Banks; Banking; Blocking of Assets; Credit; Penalties; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements and Terrorism

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